Wind and brown coal anchor overnight supply while 4.4 GW of net imports cover remaining demand under overcast skies.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 22%
53%
Renewable share
14.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.8 GW
Total generation
-4.4 GW
Net import
113.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.1°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
328
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the black sky; natural gas 5.9 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting pale heat shimmer; hard coal 3.8 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired plant with a single rectangular boiler house and chimney trailing grey smoke; wind onshore 11.4 GW spans the entire right third and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation lights blinking faintly, rotors barely turning in near-calm air; wind offshore 3.5 GW suggested far in the background as a row of turbines on the horizon above a dark estuary; biomass 4.1 GW rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip facility with a modest stack and warm amber glow from interior lighting; hydro 1.6 GW shown as a small dam spillway in the lower foreground reflecting industrial light. Time is 03:00 — completely dark sky, no twilight, no moon visible, total 100% overcast forming an oppressive low ceiling of cloud faintly lit from below by sodium-orange industrial light. The atmosphere is heavy and humid at 12°C — spring foliage on scattered birch and beech trees is lush but barely visible, leaves damp. Puddles on access roads reflect orange streetlamp glow. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines recede into the murk connecting the facilities. The elevated price is conveyed through a brooding, oppressive density in the cloud layer pressing down on the scene. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour palette of deep navy, amber, charcoal, and warm industrial orange — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower flute, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.